2019 Chardonnay Achkarrer Schlossberg GG

Chardonnay Achkarren Schlossberg GG 2020

In the nose, notes of nuts like walnut with perhaps also something smoky. The same aromas return in the taste, but certainly also ripe yellow fruit. The wine has a round mouth feel with a mineral touch and an impressive length in the aftertaste.

Appellation Baden

Grape variety chardonnay

Style Rich & Round

Format 750 ml

Available

€38.30

The winemaker

Winemaker	Country	Region
Weingut Josef Michel	Germany	Baden

About the winemaker Since 1983, Josef Michel has had his winery on the outskirts of Vogtsburg. The total vineyard area measures 13 hectares and is concentrated around Achkarren in the heart of the best part of the Baden wine region. The top vineyard Schlossberg is the basis of many extraordinary wines. With a short pruning method, selective manual harvesting and a guided fermentation, the potential of the vineyard is fully exploited. Michel is the leading producer on the Achkarrer Schlossberg. With his search for finesse, elegance and typicity, he has succeeded in raising his wines to an exceptionally high level in recent years. According to wine critics, his grauburgunder wines are among the best in Germany and his three-star wines are among the absolute top of Baden. Red is young and elegant and beautifully expresses the volcanic terroir that characterizes the soil in this part of Baden. Weingut J. Michel is a member of the VDP.

Vineyard management Practising organics

Details

Vineyard	The wine comes from a vineyard located on the Achkarrer Schlossberg. It is a vineyard with a soil of volcanic rock, löss and loam. Not only one of the most beautiful mountains of the Kaiserstuhl, but also the basis of perhaps the most beautiful wines of the Kaiserstuhl. This is one of Josef Michel's top wines and in everything a Grosses Gewächs.
Vinification	The grapes are pressed after harvest and the must clarifies itself by sedimentation. There is no skin soaking and the wine stays on the lie until March following harvest. Complete elevage on large wooden casks, for 10 months.
Vintage	2020
Oak aging	Yes
Ageing potential	up to 8 years after harvest
Alcohol percentage	12.5%
Closure	Natural cork